The Truth about Homesteading in New Brunswick...
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- Опубликовано: 18 сен 2024
- Fall is here! And we're feeling it...
Hoping that we can prep everything before the snow flies! Maybe a nice apple pie will help?
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I feel this. I just started grad school on top of homesteading, and oh boy, I didn't think this through! But the sour apples are reeeally good in crumble 😊 We need a tractor too...
Oof! I couldn't imagine trying to study and homestead at the same time!
Hang in there, times are rough, but learning to be self sufficient is def worth it!! Don't be discouraged for too long, the sun will shine tomorrow and you'll reap the benefits of your work.
Cranberry grow near the ground in mossy areas, usually near marshes. Or you can find upland cranberries near blueberries.
Hi man , I am from Brazil. I know how hard is work on a farm. I have good machinary there but the price of our production sometimes is bad. Sometimes we lost our vegetables due hailstorms or frost in winter days. I lived there for 12 years it was amazing.
Homesteading is rough some days but the reward I feel from my work is worth it.
Ben. You need a harvest pole and the apples on the ground are "windfalls" which usually means they are at their highest ripeness point. Which means better sweetness and flavour. So. Pick them too. The buggy ones can be food for pigs etc. But don't pass then over so quickly.
Sour apples are for baking or apple butter. Or apple rings.
That's good to know!
@@homegrownshow your hens would love them too, cut up.
I feel ya on this one..... Building and prioritizing are hard for us. Since hubby works 45 to 50 hrs a very physical job off site a lot falls to me and my kiddos, we dont mind, were a team.... but it can be lonely. And doing it off grid has its own set of challenges to fight with. Worth it tho, every single struggle and battle won is 110% worth it. You can make a good lil crab apple jelly outta those ;)
I am feeling it too 😪!
Need that ginger tea 💪
Anyone else REALLY feeling that seasonal change? 😢
Heck yes, dude.
Even editing videos is feeling challenging despite the amount of footage I have.
Find some time to relax eh!
@@HubCityOverlanding I feel ya! Gotta prioritize as best you can.
We definitely have, watching the seasons this year has been vivid. Past week has been "Fall on the wind" for Michigan
I sure enjoy your videos! You may be the only homesteader that has more unfinished chaos around the stead as I do!
Haha thanks! It's a work in progress 😬😬
I do as well Ben. I have started college and my garden hasn't even been completely harvested. Tomatoes are still producing and I am busy with school. I still need to build a barn for my two beef cows. Get straw and hay for them too. So yeah, I feel your struggle too!
It's almost never ending.. And scary with the "impending" doom feeling of winter. Let me know how it goes! Keep me posted if you need a hand.
@@homegrownshow thanks will do!
really digging your video's. it's something we been thinking for a long time but we never found the dedication to go for it. we are too caught up in all the distractions of modern life.
Thanks! I hear ya.. It's tough to think about filming ON TOP of everything else.. Glad you're enjoying though 🙌
Routine.. Keep a Seasonal Routine. We cut our wood in Spring. Fell the tree's before the leafs are out. Let the tree lay a few days before you cut and split. My parents are in there 80's and we still do there wood. The leafs will suck out the water content in the wood and make the wood dry that much better over summer. Allergies.. if you have Allergies. Enjoy NB because we have two jet streams.. that bring lots of pollen and will tire you out. YES Buy a small Tractor. A gear drive with a loader. Then try and collect different attachments.. even old horse drawn attachments work great. Apple tree's. Trim them every other year. The ones that fall on the ground Use the apples for deer or sell them as deer apples. If the apples are falling off. Then it's kinda of late. Pick them a good week before they start to fall and they will last in a cold room most of the winter. We fish Spring to fall and in Fall make sure we two weeks of hard fishing to have enough fish to last us all winter. We shoot 3 deer between my parents and I. We also butcher them ourselves. A moose is nice when we have a tag. Our garden is 50 ft by 300. We plant enough potatoes to last all winter in the cold room. Carrots, beats, Etc etc. it's a lot of work but well worth it. And saves you a pile of money.
You'll get into the routine and next thing you know. 20 years has gone by.
We're moving to New Brunswick this month and starting our small farm journey. Trying to convince my husband to get a small tractor, lol.
We are heading from Ont in June ❤
Scared to death big life change
Chopping wood growing gardens a couple animals
Wish is livk
great video man. Loved it!
Thank you! 🤩
I am an old F. I know your not whining, but crap was never easy my 40 yrs. I cut 10 cord of wood a summer, grew geese and slaughtered them, Hunted with a compound bow and got bored, when i could stalk to 10 ft from deer. Heck - I could smell them, it is easy, when you can walk up to them 3 days - in a row. And fill the freezer.
I said eff it on the veg side - except squash and pumpkin, and I rebuilt my 4x4 every 2 years, and rebuilt my VW diesel - every 60,000 km - because I drove 50K per yr. Built a business - did 245 retail venues every yr - worked 60 hrs a week and made enough to live and keep my fam safe and fed. So Me and my Babe - rented a bay at my Mech shop - and we rebuilt our wheels - every Jan. George - I hope your alive, but you were an older guy then! Thanks bud - my mechanic.
TODAY - 20 yr later - I am still with Babe - i am 49 - she is 39. Maybe - I am 62. We met when she was 29 - and we grew MY kids. The youngest - is now 30. She was 5 - when the X F'd off and left them with me.
What I will continue with is - never let yourself get overwhelmed.? We are tougher than life itself. We are resilient - we survive - we resist - we succeed!
I wish you well - PS - I eat sour apples - because I drink whiskey and scotch -Smoke a ciagr once a week -- I do not give an Eff - what stuff tastes like - there is some sugar in it - it will keep you alive - make preserves of it and add molasses to it. Not sugar - RAW stuff - it will keep you alive. Cheers!
That is a lifestyle and a lesson I'm learning slowly but surely. I hunted for my first time this past year. Never grew up with a father or grand father who did nor even know how so it's so foreign to me.. Even true "hard work" can still come as a surprise coming from a background in academia. It's not something that is taught. Stamina. Endurance. Grit and patience. It's something earned and well worth it. As I continue to learn and continue to grow I hope it's something I can pass onto my next generation!
Ben, You're young and work is good for you... Now, you can see why our ancestors who settled this area had so many children. Well, that and they didn't know about birth control and liked sex... I think your videos are awesome. I am retired living in Upper Kingsclear. You have all weekend to get stuff done, good luck with it... As we say in the Army, "one foot in front of the other, repeat as necessary"...
Yes Homesteader I feel you pain, I also killed my corn, we had so much rain everything has taken a knock.. But as you say.. Keep it up and just focus on what you can control.. Loved the video
Deff feeling the seasonal affective disorder. The days get shorter and I dont like the cold. Dont feel bad about the garden many farners have struggled more this year due to the bizzare weather patterns we have been having. We didnt get any corn etheir. Lots of other stuff tho. KEEP GOING. Youre doing great :)
Peavey Mart sell fruit picker thingys. A long pole with a basket to grab the fruit then it slides into a bag.
Gotta do it like they did in the 1800s....have like 10 to 12 kids and have them pitch in
Getting started on that tonight 😉
I’m just finding your videos now and I am starting out with chickens this year but our goal is to move more into this homesteading lifestyle. Depending on where you are in the province I wouldn’t mind helping in exchange for knowledge!!!!
We're just outside Canterbury/Woodstock! Always happy to teach 😊
You can learn more on our website or even contact us at:
Homegrownshow.ca
You can do it Dude!
Heck I don't have a job. I'm literally on the homestead full time and I can't find time to do it all. I think we all sort of burn out from it all. It's a lot of work. Totally normal. Add youtube and social media shit.. It's a hustle.
So much work... So easy to get burnt out. Saying it's a "simpler way of living" is SO far from accurate!
@@homegrownshow bahahaha I keep saying that. I have some friends that have simple living in their channel name and i'm like. Ummm. NO. Add young children to the mix and put everything on hold for 5 years. I just got through it. They are both in school now but shit got real hard for a while there.
Yea.. We're looking at a bigger property to build on after the show comes out next year. It's going to be nuts.. Especially with a 3yo!😏
@@homegrownshow Right on! What show? I guess I missed that.
Produced What To Do: Woodstock (vimeo.com/ondemand/whattodowoodstock) last year for TV1 and started to dabble in homesteading with the "Homegrown" series then it got picked up as a 10ep series. We're in production now until next fall. Similar premise to our YT stuff just more produced!
They look like high bush cranberries. They are edible but don't taste like it if you just pick and eat them.
Your apple basket goes on the front , Not on you back
Actually it depends on what you're picking and how you're collecting!
I've never successfully grown corn.
Why don’t you actually show us what you do to grow food..lol..
That's a great question, Brenda! Here's a video that might answer that.
ruclips.net/video/mzPJaCDUumc/видео.html